citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
214 citations across 1,210 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2026-03-11.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Star Quarries has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$56K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$55K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
207 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 78%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 22%
67%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2022-09-12.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2023-07-19, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (26)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2023-07-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2023-07-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Utility Man
2023-07-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Screen/Scalper Operator
2020-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2020-07-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.79
10
0.08
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Washer Operator
2020-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2016-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2016-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-10-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2014-10-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2012-12-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2012-12-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2009-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Mechanic
2009-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2009-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2003-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2003-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Supervisor, Co. Official
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Star Quarries recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Florida, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.33 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
14.17
8.50
0.000
2022 *
6.79
6.79
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
3.37
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
39
2025
35
2024
30
2023
26
2022
22
2021
23
2020
24
2019
18
2018
21
2017
17
2016
16
2015
11
2014
12
2013
11
2012
12
2011
10
2010
12
2009
24
2008
47
2007
42
2006
23
2005
25
2004
13
2003
9
2002
13
2001
13
2000
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Star Quarries sits in Palm Beach County, Florida, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Palm Beach County, Florida · Population 1,507,453
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,115
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
24,979
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
22,256
2
0
89.9
2025 Q4
22,161
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
21,176
3
1
141.7
2025 Q2
18,238
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
20,178
1
0
49.6
2024 Q4
19,313
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
16,492
3
0
181.9
Show 94 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
12,890
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
19,559
4
1
204.5
2023 Q4
18,140
1
1
55.1
2023 Q3
17,838
5
1
280.3
2023 Q2
16,132
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
18,448
2
1
108.4
2022 Q4
17,044
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
14,458
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
12,752
5
2
392.1
2022 Q1
14,699
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
11,510
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
16,074
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
16,547
2
1
120.9
2021 Q1
10,664
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
18,473
5
1
270.7
2020 Q3
17,572
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
14,421
3
1
208.0
2020 Q1
14,785
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,932
4
1
447.8
2019 Q3
9,368
1
0
106.7
2019 Q2
9,148
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
12,389
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
12,646
6
0
474.5
2018 Q3
13,367
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
14,542
2
0
137.5
2018 Q1
18,709
3
0
160.4
2017 Q4
6,441
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
7,150
5
1
699.3
2017 Q2
13,776
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
13,011
9
3
691.7
2016 Q4
11,428
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
10,865
10
3
920.4
2016 Q2
9,212
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
8,572
5
0
583.3
2015 Q4
6,323
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,952
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,405
9
3
1215.4
2015 Q1
6,956
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,585
9
3
1366.7
2014 Q3
6,543
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
7,227
7
2
968.6
2014 Q1
7,580
2
0
263.9
2013 Q4
7,677
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,538
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
6,629
4
3
603.4
2013 Q1
6,077
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,809
6
2
1247.7
2012 Q3
6,465
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,466
2
2
365.9
2012 Q1
5,076
9
5
1773.0
2011 Q4
4,668
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
5,110
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,876
2
1
410.2
2011 Q1
3,791
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,757
4
0
1064.7
2010 Q3
4,117
1
0
242.9
2010 Q2
3,888
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
5,480
3
2
547.4
2009 Q4
5,691
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,428
1
0
134.6
2009 Q2
5,603
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
8,791
2
0
227.5
2008 Q4
11,253
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
17,690
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
21,487
7
0
325.8
2008 Q1
20,343
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
18,657
8
2
428.8
2007 Q3
18,158
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
17,350
2
1
115.3
2007 Q1
14,157
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
9,623
4
2
415.7
2006 Q3
9,027
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
9,125
1
1
109.6
2006 Q1
8,182
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,769
2
1
257.4
2005 Q3
8,960
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,547
5
1
585.0
2005 Q1
8,519
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,377
4
2
743.9
2004 Q3
5,297
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,050
1
1
198.0
2004 Q1
4,442
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,253
5
1
1175.6
2003 Q3
3,518
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,616
2
0
553.1
2003 Q1
4,067
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,586
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,862
1
0
205.7
2002 Q2
4,046
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,473
2
2
575.9
2001 Q4
4,552
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,884
7
2
1802.3
2001 Q2
4,030
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,526
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2025 · 1 incident
December 10, 2025FL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
OPERATOR WAS LOCATED NEAR EE'S MACHINE WANDERING AROUND WITH NO RECOLECTION OF EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STARTED TO ASK THE OPERATOR QUESTIONS THAT EE COULD NOT RECALL PERIODS OF TIME OR WHAT EE WAS DOING. THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE CONTUSION ON THE EMPLOYEES HEAD BUT EE COULD NOT REMEMBER HOW IT GOT THERE.
Injured driving site pick up truck down access road approaching intersecting farm road. Upon entering intersection, injured vehicle struck by crossing farm tractor.
October 18, 2023FL · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Star Quarries LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Dragline oiler assisting mechanic with removal of digging dog assembly. Both were lifting assembly by hand to relocate. Mechanic's grip slipped and dropped EE's end. Oiler's finger got caught in gearing, causing laceration and fracture of middle finger on left hand.
October 18, 2023FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mechanic was removing the digging dog assembly from a dragline with the assistance of the dragline oiler. Both were lifting the assembly by hand to relocate. Mechanic lost EE's grip, dropping EE's end of the assembly. Assembly struck EE's left leg, ankle, and foot.
Injured worker was counseling a truck driver located in the "tailgating" area. A second truck began to back into the area, injured began to walk backwards to clear the area. Injured did not look behind prior to stepping and tripped over a large piece of aggregate. Attempted to brace self with left hand when fell to ground.
March 10, 2023FL · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner performing routine cleaning onboard dragline. While moving, lost footing and fell onto EE's back. Fell onto same level, steel deck.
February 16, 2023FL · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerOTHER
Star Quarries LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Quarry Manager operating bulldozer, clearing for muck placement. Contacted old 10' pipe laying in the weeds. Pipe contained beehive. Bees swarmed bulldozer and operator.
2022 · 2 incidents
July 29, 2022FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee lost footing when exiting the excavator. Stress of body weight being applied to left arm holding onto hand rail, caused left bicep tendon to rupture.
April 13, 2022FL · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerFIRE
Employee was cutting a dragline drag cable for removal and replacement using oxygen/acetylene torch. Oxygen supply line ruptured at connector on the base of the torch. Flash fire occurred and burnt employee on the right abdomen. Diagnosed as 2nd degree burn.
2018 · 1 incident
April 2, 2018FL · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While pressure washing crusher box at Wash plant EE accidentally ran the pressure washer across right foot and the pressure punctured behind the steel toe of boot and left an approximately 1/2 cut on right foot.
July 11, 2017FL · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MECHANIC WAS TRYING TO REPLACE A BELT THAT HAD SLIPPED OFF OF THE ROCK CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE MECHANIC UNDER THE CHAIN/JAW AREA, (CENTER-RIGHT AREA) MECHANIC WA S TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT. REQUIRED 4 STITCHES AND MUST SEE A DENTIST FOR A TWISTED, CRACKED TOOTH.
1988 · 2 incidents
October 24, 1988FL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON